Liev Schreiber, John Slattery talk 'Spotlight' at Hamptons International Film Festival

Actors Liev Schreiber and John Slattery attend a Q&A for their film "Spotlight" during the Hamptons International Film Festival in East Hampton on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 Photo Credit: Getty Images / Monica Schipper

Actors Liev Schreiber and John Slattery and director Tom McCarthy were among the cast and crew who held a question-and-answer session after their film, "Spotlight," ended Saturday night at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

The film stars Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams, along with Schreiber, Slattery and Bryan Darcy James, as The Boston Globe journalists who broke open the Roman Catholic Church's pedophile-priest scandal. The film screened at Guild Hall in East Hampton for a packed audience. Also on stage were writer Josh Singer and actor Michael Cyril Creighton. Schreiber's wife, the actress Naomi Watts, was in the audience.

One man stood up to announce that he was one of the Boston victims who came forward, and he thanked the panel for making the film.

McCarthy retuned the compliment. "Thank you," he said, and encouraged a round of applause for the man.

Although programmer David Nugent led the filmmakers through the background of the production -- Creighton said he met the victim he portrayed, and Singer said he did some reporting of his own while researching his subject -- the audience seemed more interested in the "phenomenon," as the film puts it, of pedophilia among the Roman Catholic clergy.

"What's important to know is that this is still going on," said McCarthy. "I think groups like SNAP [Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests] are right when they say that the church isn't really doing anything."